Public Enemies 0. Public Enemies - Story Preface 1. PUBLIC ENEMIES in the GREAT DEPRESSION 2. JOHN DILLINGER AND HIS FRIENDS 3. DILLINGER THE BANK ROBBER 4. DILLINGER AND BILLIE FRECHETTE 5. HOOVER and the FLEDGLING BUREAU 6. MELVIN PURVIS 7. DISASTER at the LITTLE BOHEMIA 8. DILLINGER IS SET-UP 9. DEATH at the BIOGRAPH 10. DILLINGER BODY ON DISPLAY Mug-shot image of John Dillinger from the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation. Image online, courtesy Wikimedia Commons. I stole from the bankers who stole from the people. Harry (“Pete”) Pierpont Member, Dillinger Gang Robbing banks and getting away in fast cars, John Dillinger was busy during a thirteen-month crime spree (in 1933-34). How did this gangster, also accused of murdering a police officer and designated "Public Enemy Number One," become an American folk hero? Because Dillinger was also a gum-chewing, easy-quipping, lopsided-grinning, charismatic guy - and journalists loved to write about him. If it hadn’t been for Harry Pierpont, John Dillinger may never have become a “Public Enemy.” If it hadn’t been for Indiana’s Pendleton Reformatory, the two pals might have never met. If it hadn’t been for a prison in Michigan City, Dillinger may not have learned Pierpont’s bank-robbing skills. And ... if it hadn’t been for Dillinger’s bank-robbing skills, he might have failed to become the Depression-era’s “most wanted man” (whom Americans secretly, or openly, admired). But ... this is not a story about might-have-beens. It’s a story about what was - and what became of a group of gangsters who helped give birth to the FBI. See Alignments to State and Common Core standards for this story online at: http://www.awesomestories.com/asset/AcademicAlignment/Public-Enemies See Learning Tasks for this story online at: http://www.awesomestories.com/asset/AcademicActivities/Public-Enemies Media Stream Pete Pierpont - Dillinger Gang Member Photo of Harry ("Pete") Pierpont - mugshot from the Ohio Department of Corrections. Image online, courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Quote from Outlaws and Gunslingers, by Alton Pryor, pages 163-64. View this asset at: http://www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/Pete-Pierpont-Dillinger-Gang-Member John Dillinger - Age 21 Dillinger's "mugshot," from 1924, online courtesy Archives of the Indiana Department Of Corrections. View this asset at: http://www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/John-Dillinger-Age-21 Public Enemies View this asset at: http://www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/Public-Enemies0.